Scientists have found an entirely new genetic route by which a now-banned chemical causes sexual and hormonal disruption in a marine mollusc.

Biology - Ecology

May 23, 2013 not rated yet 0 |

Ocean acidification is damaging some marine species while others thrive, say scientists. An international team studied the effect of ocean acidification on plankton in the North Sea over the past forty years, ...

Biology - Ecology

May 22, 2013 5 / 5 (2) 1 |

(Phys.org) —For decades, ecologists have assumed the worst invasive species—such as brown tree snakes and kudzu—have an "away-field advantage." They succeed because they do better in their new territories ...

Biology - Ecology

May 20, 2013 3.7 / 5 (3) 0 |

A new Dartmouth College study finds human-caused climate change may have little impact on many species of tropical lizards, contradicting a host of recent studies that predict their widespread extinction in a rapidly warming ...

Biology - Ecology

May 17, 2013 4.7 / 5 (7) 0 |

Once introduced for biological pest control, Asian lady beetle Harmonia axyridis populations have been increasing uncontrollably in the US and Europe since the turn of the millennium. The species has been p ...

Biology - Ecology

May 16, 2013 4.3 / 5 (3) 0 |

Invasive "crazy ants" are displacing fire ants in areas across the southeastern United States, according to researchers at The University of Texas at Austin. It's the latest in a history of ant invasions ...

Biology - Ecology

May 16, 2013 5 / 5 (4) 0 |

(Phys.org) —India's tigers are facing extinction owing to a collapse in the variety of their mating partners, according to new research carried out by scientists at Cardiff University.

Biology - Ecology

May 16, 2013 not rated yet 3 |

In a new study, Stanford University School of Medicine researchers provide the first evidence that African clawed frogs in California harbor a deadly fungal infection that is decimating amphibian populations ...

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May 15, 2013 5 / 5 (2) 0 |

Climate change has been impacting global fisheries for the past four decades by driving species towards cooler, deeper waters, according to University of British Columbia scientists.

Biology - Ecology

May 15, 2013 3.4 / 5 (7) 0 |

The impact of industrial fishing on coastal ecosystems has been studied for many years. But how it affects food webs in the open ocean―a vast region that covers almost half of the Earth's surface―has ...

Biology - Ecology

May 13, 2013 5 / 5 (3) 0 |

A new study suggests that overgrazing and other factors increase the severity of cheatgrass invasion in sagebrush steppe, one of North America's most endangered ecosystems.

Biology - Ecology

May 13, 2013 not rated yet 0 |

The large-scale production of edible insects is unavoidable in order to continue feeding the ever-increasing global population and providing them with enough animal protein. Insect farming can be compared ...

Biology - Ecology

May 10, 2013 4.6 / 5 (9) 3 |

Plants use underground fungal networks to warn their neighbours of aphid attack, UK scientists have discovered.

Biology - Ecology

May 10, 2013 4.6 / 5 (5) 0 |

During the late Pleistocene, a remarkably diverse assemblage of large-bodied mammals inhabited the "mammoth steppe," a cold and dry yet productive environment that extended from western Europe through northern Asia and across ...

Biology - Ecology

May 08, 2013 4.3 / 5 (3) 0 |

Having a neighborly chat improves seed germination, finds research in BioMed Central's open access journal BMC Ecology. Even when other known means of communication, such as contact, chemical and light-mediated signal ...

Biology - Ecology

May 06, 2013 3.8 / 5 (27) 8 |